More Than A Photo: A Crazy Week and a Beautiful Senior

I know it's been a little while since I last blogged, but it's been a crazy past couple of weeks! Left home for the school year and have been busily moving into my new house and diving into classes and work and CRU and life at CNU.... and then, in the midst of all that, an earthquake decided to plop itself on the east coast, followed by little miss Hurricane Irene.

When Irene was first announced this past weekend to hit the Hampton Roads (Newport News) area, my roommates and I jumped at the idea of staying put and fighting off the storm in our little off-campus house. However, our parents would hear nothing of it. (Such party poopers.... why must they always think sensibly?)

Thus, I left the News early Friday morning with my roommate Rachel Hrovat, heading for her home in the mountains of Churchville, VA (just outside Staunton, VA). And while braving it out in Newport News would have been pretty fun, I'm so SO glad I've gotten this weekend here with Rachel and her amazing family. They're so awesome! But more on them in my next post.

Rachel has a sister named Mary (well, she has 3 sisters... but this post is about just Mary in particular) who is beginning her senior year of High School. When Rachel casually mentioned, "Hey Mary, maybe Debbie could take some senior photos for you while she's here..." I couldn't help but think, "Please oh please say yes!!" Mary is gorgeous (as are all the Hrovats) and their yard is perfect for photoshoots... so the idea of getting to photograph a combination of beautiful Mary + beautiful background made me super excited.

Well, she said yes, and here are some of my favorites from our early Sunday morning shoot....